The 17th running of the Wienerschnitzel Wiener Nationals will be held at Los Alamitos Race Course on Saturday, July 14, with proceeds to benefit the Seal Beach Animal Care Center. The Care Center is a non-profit group dedicated to finding home for stray animals in the Orange County area.
The Wienerschnitzel Wiener National festivities will get underway at approximately 6 p.m. The fun will also include a live horse racing program featuring Los Alamitos’ top horses. The Wiener Nationals Championship race will be held at approximately 9 p.m. With over 80 dachshunds strutting their stuff in front of a packed house at Los Alamitos, a total of 10 trial heats will be contested at 50 yards with the winning wieners advancing to the championship race.
From the bugler’s call to the post, to an official starting gate and colorful owners and trainers racing their doxies in numbered silks, the Wiener Nationals features all the excitement of a real life horse race. The participants were selected from the 100s of creative entries received. Participants will include pooches from the cities of Seal Beach, Cypress, Los Alamitos, Buena Park and all over Orange and Los Angeles County. You can meet the stars of the night – the mighty wiener dogs – and their trainers/owners on the grandstand area throughout this fun family night.
The purpose of this fun event is to raise funds for the Seal Beach Animal Care Center, a non-profit group dedicated to finding homes for stray animals in the Orange County area. Since 1996, the Wienerschnitzel Wiener Nationals has helped raised over $200,000 for the Care Center. The Seal Beach Animal Care Center is selling tickets to the event with all proceeds from these sales going directly to the Seal Beach Animal Care Center. Last year’s event raised $18,000 through ticket sales and t-shirt sales on the day of the event. For more information on the Care Center please call 562-430-4993.
In addition, tickets can also be purchased on the day of the event at Los Alamitos Race Course on a first come first seat basis. Admission at the track is $3 for adults, Children 17 and under are free. General parking is free. Los Alamitos Race Course is located at 4961 Katella Avenue in Los Alamitos. For more info call 714-820-2690.
